2024-02-08 15:01:06
The City of Paris refused to make any comments this Thursday, following the spectacular speech by Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, the president of PSG, indicating at midday that for the club in the capital the Parc des Princes is It was “finished”. On the town hall side, we refer to its past positions. But the subject is at the center of discussions, while all elected officials have been meeting in Council since Tuesday.
“There are rules to respect, and the president of PSG does not seem to understand them,” we slip through the corridors. The conditions are not met for a sale of the Parc des Princes, given the composition of the Council. And even in the event of a change in 2026, it is not certain that the situation will be different. »
On Tuesday, when the elected representatives of the capital voted for a wish declaring the enclosure unsaleable, environmentalists, communists and socialists, making up the majority, obviously expressed themselves in this sense. The right abstained. Its members have never taken a clear position on the subject. If she were to become head of City Hall in 2026, nothing says that she would indeed opt for a transfer. For now, she only calls for keeping all options open.
This is also what Jérémy Redler, the mayor (LR) of the 16th century, the district where the Parc des Princes is located, repeated this Thursday. “I discover with regret the declarations of the president of PSG. Both for the City and for PSG. The wish voted in Council was very clumsy, hence our abstention, recalls the elected official. Awkward because it closes a door, the sale, even before discussions are reopened. How to discuss in these conditions? »
This vagueness about the position that the City could hold in 2026 in the event of a right-wing takeover also arises in the event of a victory for the left, but the departure of Anne Hidalgo. Nothing says that his successor would be on the same line. Emmanuel Grégoire, her first deputy, for example, has until now always lined up behind the intentions of the mayor of Paris, recalling that it was she who only set the course. Would his be different?
A move “but to go where? »
For now, we cannot imagine the future of the Park without PSG. An actor in the file recalls that a contract binds the two parties until 2043, which obliges him to occupy the premises, as well as to carry out the planned developments, while it is rumored that the club threatens to do so. stop. We also always find it difficult to imagine alternatives to the Parc des Princes for PSG. And this same interlocutor to re-invite an opening of discussions… around a long-term lease.
“How are we going to maintain this place,” worries Jérémy Redler. It is obviously not an amateur club that will occupy it, nor schools… This departure risks costing the City very dearly. And undermine the attractiveness of an entire neighborhood. »
For his part, David Belliard, elected EELV of Paris, also Anne Hidalgo’s deputy but who wishes to speak here on behalf of environmentalists, does not believe that the Council has gone too far. “I can understand PSG’s irritation. But we must avoid media stunts like this. Voting is a democratic fact. He reaffirms that Paris does not wish to sell the Parc des Princes. And it’s a position that is obviously very divided, since we expected opposition from the right, which ultimately abstained. But this vote also opens the door to negotiations with PSG to discuss the conditions for its maintenance. »
What do threats of moving matter? “But to go where? engages David Belliard. The Parc des Princes is identified as the PSG stadium. Everyone wants him to stay there. Nobody kicks them out. On the contrary. »
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